New Year's Eve Earrings

The winter holidays are all about glitz and glamor, and New Year's Eve is no exception. The celebration is brimming with sparkle and bling, making it the perfect time to whip up a pair (or three) of statement earrings. To help you out, we created a tutorial explaining how to make a trio of festive drop earrings made of tinsel pom poms, clay champagne bottles and mini disco balls!

For starters, the tinsel dangle earrings are made from leftover Christmas tinsel. It's an easy and clever way to repurpose decorations from the Christmas tree into New Year's Eve earrings. (Not to mention, you can save them for next year and wear them as Christmas earrings, too.)

The clay champagne bottle earrings are super fun because the bottles are made from scratch. The technique is also surprisingly simple, so don't worry if you're not too experienced with polymer clay. In just a few steps, you'll have a pair of unique earrings fit for any New Year's Eve party.

As for the mini disco balls? They're made with foam balls and square rhinestones, allowing you to customize the shape and style of the piece. But if you're looking for a shortcut, you're welcome to use mini store-bought disco ball ornaments.

Read on to learn how to make DIY New Year's Eve earrings, plus tips and ideas for personalizing each pair.

Cut a strand of tinsel, about 3 in. long. Remove any stray pieces from the ends.

Bend the ends toward each other.

Attach the ends with a bit of hot glue.

Make a second tinsel pom pom.

Open up a jump ring using the jewelry pliers. Attach it to the wire base of the tinsel.

Add a 2 in. strand of chain and close the jump ring. To the other end of the chain, attach the earring hook. (The chain can be longer or shorter. Alternatively, you can skip the chain completely and hang the tinsel pom pom directly on the earring hook.)

Your sparkly tinsel earrings are ready for NYE!

Mold a ball of clay into an oval shape, about 1 to 1.5 in. long.

Roll the top half between your fingers to make the neck of the bottle.

Mold the bottom half into a rectangular shape. Use your fingers or flat surfaces, like the sides of tweezers or popsicle sticks, to shape it.

Repeat to make a second bottle.

Using the cutting portion of the pliers, trim the eye pins so they're about 1/2 in. long.

Carefully insert one eye pin into the top of each bottle.

Bake at 275°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or as instructed by the clay's packaging. Let cool.

Apply a thin layer of decoupage along the top of the bottle. Use the thin paintbrush for this step.

With the craft tweezers, gently apply pieces of gold leaf.

Gently brush away the excess with a fluffy craft brush or makeup brush. (If using a makeup brush, make sure it's clean, and use it only for crafting.) Let dry.

Glue a rhinestone to each bottle.

To complete your champagne-themed party jewelry, add an earring hook to each eye pin.

Cut a strip of rhinestone trim to fit around the foam ball.

Hot glue rhinestone trim around the ball.

Fill out the top by adding shorter strips of rhinestone trim, hot gluing each one in place.

As you near the top, make the strips shorter and shorter. This will make it easier to work around the curves of the ball.

Continue until you have covered the rounded portion of the ball. Repeat on the other end, leaving a small gap on top.

Trim an eye pin so it's about 0.5 to 0.75 in. long.

Carefully insert the eye pin into the top of the disco ball. Add a dot of hot glue to keep it in place.

Attach a strand of chain to the eye pin. The chain can be as long or short as you like. Attach the other end of the chain to an earring hook.

Repeat to make a second disco ball drop earring, and you've got yourself a pair of sparkly earrings—or New Year's gifts for the disco lover in your life!

Happy New Year!